OpenStack is used for construction and administration of public, private and hybrid clouds. The project has reached a scope and importance in the field of cloud computing, which corresponds to the Linux kernel for operating systems. Over 1400 developers from more than 130 companies were involved in the new version called OpenStack Juno, six months…

In terms of infrastructure, VMware will provide its own OpenStack distribution that still integrates deeper into the VMware architecture. At VMworld 2014, VMware announced the new VMware Integrated OpenStack (VIO) offering putting intelligence in the hardware versus software in the level of automation. Based on the OpenStack Icehouse release, VIO integrates OpenStack APIs and tools…

The OpenStack Marketplace has a new feather under its hood. The open source cloud markatplace opens hosted private cloud for users to evaluate different OpenStack deployment options that best meet their requirements. The new Hosted Private Cloud category offers an open and transparent means to evaluate the full spectrum of OpenStack deployment options and includes…

Not that this is really a surprise, Oracle took the OpenStack Summit being held in Atlanta in the United States to announce a formal alignment between Oracle Linux, the Linux distribution, and OpenStack. The open source cloud framework will be supported by the Linux OS group and Oracle VM. Users of Oracle Linux can use…